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In 2006, the George W. Bush administration had contracted with Boeing for a $5 Billion network of motion sensors and camera towers on part of the Mexican border. This was after a 2004 previous contract for $2.5 billion had failed. The system did not work very reliably, often warning of border crossers that turned out to be small animals. The system was too complex for the staff of the border patrol to handle and unlike the military did not bring in or train highly technical personnel to replace the regular border patrol agents who were not very well educated and had a hard time learning the now digital technology. The Bush administration spent the first $1 Billion of the $5 Billion project when further failures finally persuaded the administration to end this failed scheme despite the President's statement herein.